Doug Newman
Director
National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities

Doug Newman is the Director of the National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities (NECSC), a collaborative research initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy, San Diego State University and the City of Chula Vista, California. Mr. Newman has 25 years of experience in national environmental policy analysis and program development and in planning and managing collaborative research initiatives. Prior to the formation of the NECSC, he served as the Director of community energy systems research for the Gas Technology Institute and served in a number of senior career posts in the U.S. government, and as a private-sector business consultant and entrepreneur.

His government posts included: Special Programs Manager for three Administrators of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, responsible for the development of environmental technology transfer initiatives and leveraged fundraising through public-private partnerships; Member of the President's National Council on Public Works Improvement, providing expertise on innovative financing for construction of municipal wastewater treatment plants; Founder and Staff Director of the Administrator's national external advisory committee on environmental technology, education and training; Co-Creator and first Programs Director of the Congressionally-chartered National Environmental Education and Training Foundation; and Director of External Affairs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), managing business, industry, legislative and intergovernmental affairs for the nation's principal Earth sciences agency.

In addition to his public service, Mr. Newman founded and operated two consulting businesses specializing in community-based environmental management, organizational development and marketing and Earth sciences education. His commercial clients included Discovery Communications (the Discovery Channel Network), General Electric, GeoSpehere, Pratt & Whitney-Canada, Samsonite-American Tourister, SES-ASTRA and the U.S. Department of Commerce - National Ocean Service. Mr. Newman holds Masters Degrees in Urban and Regional Planning and in Public Policy and Administration from the University Wisconsin at Madison, and a BS in Urban Studies/Planning from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.